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FSF Calls for Multinational Safety Probes

March 18, 2010

Citing ongoing criminal prosecution of Continental Airlines for the 2000 Concorde crash in Paris, the U.S.-based Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) is asking governments worldwide to form multinational, independent air accident investigation boards. The foundation has called upon an upcoming International Civil Aviation Organization “high level safety...

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House Hearing Probes On-demand Charter Oversight

March 18, 2010

During a House aviation subcommittee hearing yesterday on oversight of on-demand (Part 135) aircraft operators, DOT Inspector General Calvin Scovel III testified that this operating environment carries a “number of safety risks, such as short, frequent flights with more takeoffs and landings–the most dangerous part of flight.” NTSB statistics show that...

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NATA Launches Flight-risk Assessment Tool

March 11, 2010

The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) launched RA Check, an FAA-endorsed flight-risk assessment tool (Frat) designed to consider the probability, severity and weighted value of 38 leading accident causal factors. Developed by FAA officials, aircraft operators and other industry representatives, NATA’s Frat is designed to identify potential...

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UK Likely To Delay Aviation Security Standards Rule

March 09, 2010

Final agreement over the way the European Union’s new “common basic standards for aviation security” are implemented in the UK will not be achieved by the existing April 29 deadline and could well be delayed at least until late June due to the country’s general election, which is widely expected to be held on May 6. Steve Marshall-Camm, the UK Department of...

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EBAA Wants Expansion of U.S. Pre-clearance at Shannon

March 09, 2010

The European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) has called on the U.S. government to extend the pre-clearance option now in effect at Ireland’s Shannon International Airport to business aircraft operated under commercial rules. Pre-clearance of business aircraft for U.S. customs and immigration checks began at Shannon early last week, but contrary to...

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Odyssey FBO Rises from Ashes at New Orleans Lakefront

March 09, 2010

The former Million Air FBO facility at New Orleans Lakefront Airport that was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 will officially rise from the ashes tomorrow when Odyssey Aviation opens its new 30,000-sq-ft complex. Although the name is different, the FBO is under the same ownership; the Cincinnati-headquartered FBO group rebranded its seven FBOs...

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SMS Audit Report IDs Flight Departments’ Deficiencies

March 04, 2010

Argus released its annual SMS audit results report this week, with safety management systems (SMS) and emergency response planning having the highest number of deficiencies at corporate flight departments. The report, available online at no charge, is based on 61 audits completed by Argus subsidiary Pros (Partners and Resources for Operational Safety) last...

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CFM Opens New CFM56 Training Center in Hyderabad

March 02, 2010

CFM International today formally opened a new CFM56 training center in Hyderabad, India, satisfying a commitment made to its customers in 2007. The Hyderabad complex–the fourth such engine maintenance training center for CFM56 customers worldwide–holds the capacity to train 500 engineers annually and mirrors facilities in China, France, and the U.S.

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Ice in Fuel System Caused 777 Crash

March 01, 2010

A fuel-flow restriction at the fuel/oil heat exchanger (FOHE) on the right engine and “most likely” on the left-hand FOHE resulted in the January 2008 crash of a 777 on approach to London Heathrow, according to the UK Department for Transport Aircraft Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) final report on the accident. Following a 10.5-hour flight from...

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Book Review: Flying Drunk

March 01, 2010

“Remember those airline pilots who got caught flying drunk?”

“They went to jail, didn’t they?”

“What a bunch of losers.”

If you bring up the story of three Northwest Airlines pilots who were caught flying while intoxicated on March 8, 1990, that’s invariably the reaction you’ll hear: the pilots were stupid, threw away their careers, risked passengers’...

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Tailboom AD Issued for AW139

March 01, 2010

The collapse of a Gulf Helicopters AgustaWestland AW139 tailboom while the helicopter was taxiing last year has prompted issuance of an airworthiness directive (2009-SW-50-AD) for a special repetitive inspection every 50 hours time-in-service to check for delamination on the boom’s composite skins. The helicopter with the failed boom had sustained a boom...

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NATA UPDATES TETERBORO ONLINE TRAINING

March 01, 2010

The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) has updated its online Teterboro Airport training tool, which covers critical safety information for pilots operating from the busy airport. The tool includes graphical presentations of runway incursion hot spots, scenarios for common pilot errors, aircraft lighting configurations and takeoff procedures....

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Platinum Jet Trial Postponed until May

March 01, 2010

The trial of Michael and Paul Brassington, John Kimberling, Brien McKenzie and pilot Francis Vieira, executives and employees of now defunct Platinum Jet Management, has been rescheduled for May 11 to give both sides more time to prepare. Company cofounder Andre Budhan and director of charters Joseph Singh previously pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy...

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Colgan Flight 3407 Crash on NTSB’s Most Wanted List

February 26, 2010

Accidents, Safety, Security and Training

The crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407 no doubt left its mark on the “Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements” issued this month by the National Transportation Safety Board, and for good reason. The Board’s first “most wanted” item essentially reiterates a pair of 2005 NTSB recommendations to which the FAA responded with only an Advisory...

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